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Sunday 9/6/09 - JDPNYY's Question of the day:
Is Bill Cosby funny?
BonusCantos
09-05-09, 11:06 PM
Cosby can be, yes.
But I think what's funnier are Bill Cosby impersonations (provided they're done well).
Ram Man
09-05-09, 11:08 PM
Funnier than Billy Crystal.
Sunday 9/6/09 - JDPNYY's Question of the day:
Is Bill Cosby funny?
I haven't seen him in a while, but he used to make me pee my pants.
Steve Dalkowski
09-05-09, 11:09 PM
Compared to the average person, yes.
Bozidar
09-05-09, 11:09 PM
No question. completely funny
#1PaFan
09-05-09, 11:09 PM
Once upon a time....
MunsonNY15
09-05-09, 11:12 PM
Yes. Bill Cosby: Himself was on a few weeks ago. I hadn't seen it in years and I laughed just as hard as the first time I saw it.
Heidi
Just a small aside.
I had a different question lined up for today, but as I thought about Billy Crystal's journey from funny to not funny (in my and others opinions) I found that he's morphed into this boring story teller (as Bill Cosby has always been - again, in my opinion). I have always found Cosby to be a complete bore and totally unfunny.
Anyway, I'll use the original question of today at another time.
Carry on with your answer about Bill.
Jeter Kid
09-05-09, 11:18 PM
I loved The Cosby Show.
b-ball-lunachick
09-05-09, 11:20 PM
Tough to answer this one -- just the mention of his name disgusts me ever since he was accused by 13 different women of drugging them and taking advantage of them...blech. :upset:
Stupid Flanders
09-05-09, 11:32 PM
Fat Albert and Picture Pages were fine, but Cosby seems to think mugging for the camera is HILARIOUS. Oh, but it's not.
Not funny.
Mantle'sMutt
09-05-09, 11:42 PM
He'll tell you he's still funny.
ZYanksRule
09-06-09, 12:02 AM
The kids are funnier.
BxBomber44
09-06-09, 01:24 AM
No, because he wasn't in The Hangover.
jlw1980
09-06-09, 01:52 AM
He used to be funny. As with Crystal, I haven't seen him lately.
not sure i've ever seen anything he's been in.
burtons
09-06-09, 06:12 AM
i hate him. never liked him.
Yes, he can be. Not so much on the sitcom as a Huxtable, but in Bill Cosby:Himself I thought he was.
SalingerNY
09-06-09, 08:11 AM
Just a small aside.
I had a different question lined up for today, but as I thought about Billy Crystal's journey from funny to not funny (in my and others opinions) I found that he's morphed into this boring story teller (as Bill Cosby has always been - again, in my opinion). I have always found Cosby to be a complete bore and totally unfunny.
Might be the first time JDP's given away the answer so early in a QoD.
Might be the first time JDP's given away the answer so early in a QoD.
Great observation. This is the 2nd time. I answered early when someone was guest hosting.
Bill Cosby was funny a long time ago - back in the 60's. His routines about he and his brother Russell, their parents (and "parenting" back then ------- "What? Hire some stranger to babysit my kids?? I'd rather leave them alone"), his great "Chickenheart" routine, etc.
He WAS very funny.
Not so much after that.
Doesn't mean he's not someone who has done good in his life, and tries to give back.
Sixty one
09-06-09, 09:28 AM
Yes, he is very funny and I loved his show from the 90's. The only time he isn't is when he decides to get too serious about social issues which can be very controversial and even though I agree most of the time with his positions he sometimes can go too far.
GiambiRocks
09-06-09, 10:25 AM
Tough to answer this one -- just the mention of his name disgusts me ever since he was accused by 13 different women of drugging them and taking advantage of them...blech. :upset:
:eek: Wow that's the first that I've heard of that.
NYYDragoon
09-06-09, 10:32 AM
The Cosby Show was great. Ever see the eps where he's so funny that even the other actors start cracking up?
theDurk
09-06-09, 10:33 AM
I loved him in the 60's. The making fun of parents stuff, Fat Albert, etc.
I didn't own or watch TV in the '70's, except Yankee baseball.
I was out of the country in the '80's.
I came back in '94, and he wasn't funny in the 90's or 2000's.
I never saw his TV show, or nor have I watched any other TV show with a laugh track (except John Larroquette Show, I liked that one).
George Carlin, now HE was funny, may he rest in peace.
bobbymagee
09-06-09, 10:40 AM
Beauty doesn't die.
Love doesn't die.
Funny doesn't die.
Hitman23
09-06-09, 11:27 AM
His standup "Bill Cosby Himself" is hilarious. Never liked his show. Overall I think he's alright.
fredgmuggs
09-06-09, 12:21 PM
His standup "Bill Cosby Himself" is hilarious. Never liked his show. Overall I think he's alright.
Is that the one that shows up on HBO every now and then? Yeah, that one is very, very funny.
The one thing I always appreciated about Cosby is always kept it clean.... which is a rarity these days.
RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees
09-06-09, 02:12 PM
He mumbles too much to be understood. So no.
Mantle'sMutt
09-06-09, 02:13 PM
I wish I owned his brownstone in Brooklyn.
Maynerd
09-06-09, 02:14 PM
Like Crystal, he used to be funny. As he aged, not so much anymore.
It's the Lord, Noah. Riiiiiight.
PalmerGA
09-06-09, 02:32 PM
Sunday 9/6/09 - JDPNYY's Question of the day:
Is Bill Cosby funny?Bill Cosby is a very funny fellow! ;)
fredgmuggs
09-06-09, 02:33 PM
Like Crystal, he used to be funny. As he aged, not so much anymore.
It's the Lord, Noah. Riiiiiight.
What's a cubit?
Bozidar
09-06-09, 02:57 PM
:eek: Wow that's the first that I've heard of that.ditto
Bozidar
09-06-09, 02:58 PM
He mumbles too much to be understood. So no.racist.. :P
SalingerNY
09-06-09, 03:12 PM
Cosby jumped the shark with the pudding pop commercials. Pudding's just not that funny a word, no matter how hard you try to mispronounce it.
fredgmuggs
09-06-09, 03:19 PM
I loved him in the 60's. The making fun of parents stuff, Fat Albert, etc.
I didn't own or watch TV in the '70's, except Yankee baseball.
I was out of the country in the '80's.
I came back in '94, and he wasn't funny in the 90's or 2000's.
I never saw his TV show, or nor have I watched any other TV show with a laugh track (except John Larroquette Show, I liked that one).
George Carlin, now HE was funny, may he rest in peace.
Carlin was a genius but even with him I thought near his end he became a cranky old man who was mad at the world and stopped being funny. There's a fine line between a humorous rant that's on topic and, well, just being miserable about life.
PalmerGA
09-06-09, 04:04 PM
Carlin was a genius but even with him I thought near his end he became a cranky old man who was mad at the world and stopped being funny. There's a fine line between a humorous rant that's on topic and, well, just being miserable about life.That's liberals for ya. :D
#1PaFan
09-06-09, 04:06 PM
He mumbles too much to be understood. So no.
Agreed. Almost like he has something in his mouth. I'm surprised you don't understand him.
Casey37
09-06-09, 04:12 PM
No, he's not funny. I really don't appreciate his style of humor.
RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees
09-06-09, 04:27 PM
Agreed. Almost like he has something in his mouth. I'm surprised you don't understand him.
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Yankchic22
09-06-09, 04:47 PM
Yes...
b-ball-lunachick
09-06-09, 06:19 PM
:eek: Wow that's the first that I've heard of that.
He's the David Ortiz of comedy... for some reason, that managed to stay off the shows like Extra and shows like Nancy Grace..if it was another comedian, forget it -- for some reason, he gets some kind of pass..
I think he's somewhat powerful in Hollywood. I know Terrence Howard accused him of blacklisting him for several years because he had a disagreement with him on the Cosby set...didn't work for a few years.
He also used to make negative comments about the dirty humor used by guys like Howard Stern -- as some sort of moral police, yet it comes out later he cheated on his beloved Camille for years and had an illegitimate child...
yet he seems to skate on by for some reason...
Mantle'sMutt
09-06-09, 09:28 PM
Rita Cosby. That's some funny shyte.
JL25and3
09-06-09, 10:36 PM
I go with Maynerd and muggs. Noah was a great bit, and Cosby was pretty funny back then. Of course, that was something like 45 years ago.
Muggs, I don't give extra points for staying clean. Funny is what matters. IMHO, Richard Pryor stood head and shoulders above everyone else - but it sure wasn't by staying clean.
RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees
09-06-09, 10:38 PM
I go with Maynerd and muggs. Noah was a great bit, and Cosby was pretty funny back then. Of course, that was something like 45 years ago.
Muggs, I don't give extra points for staying clean. Funny is what matters. IMHO, Richard Pryor stood head and shoulders above everyone else - but it sure wasn't by staying clean.
Richar Pryor sure burned brightly in the comedy industry.
b-ball-lunachick
09-06-09, 10:40 PM
Richar Pryor sure burned brightly in the comedy industry.
please tell me you can blame this on drinking. :D
clean is overrated -- Eddie Murphy in his day was awesome and I've loved Chris Rock since before he was really famous -- before the SNL days. :)
MunsonNY15
09-06-09, 10:41 PM
Richar Pryor sure burned brightly in the comedy industry.
:insert rimshot here:
Heidi
RYMASTER or Ryan_Yankees
09-06-09, 10:42 PM
please tell me you can blame this on drinking. :D
I am drinking, but the joke remains.
JL25and3
09-06-09, 10:52 PM
I am drinking, but the joke remains.The problem is, Richard already made better jokes about it himself. The routine he does about it in his "Live on the Sunset Strip" movie is brilliant.
George Carlin made one of the very best jokes about it. He was describing a sort of competition he and Pryor had: "Richard had a heart attack, I had a heart attack. Richard set himself on fire, I said 'F*** that' and had another heart attack instead."
My answer: No. Not funny.
This concludes Sunday's Question of the day
Award Time:
JDPNYY's Sunday 9/6/09 Post of the Day:
http://forums.nyyfans.com/showpost.php?p=6272777&postcount=13
JDPNYY's Sunday 9/6/09 One Liner Post of the Day:
No post meets this criteria today.
Points Standings
JDPNYY 100
Soriambi - 30
fredgmuggs 24
RYMASTER & BxBomber44 20
JL25and3 15
Trish 12
Yankchic22 & Stupid Flanders & b-ball-lunachick 10
Mantle'sMutt 5
Maynerd 2
CptCrunch 1
Negative Points Crew
Allybear & jlw1980 & Jersey Yankee (1)
smr15 (2)
Toaderly (3)
4bronxbombers & johnnyyankee (5)
Bozidar (38)
Feel free to carry on any discussions.
Please don't give any new answers to this QoD.
Feel free to discuss the awards if you wish.
Hitman23
09-06-09, 11:17 PM
What's the criteria for one liners? Looks like the winning post is a damn funny one liner.
What's the criteria for one liners? Looks like the winning post is a damn funny one liner.
Agreed. Can't win both... The Post of the Day is the higher status award.
Mantle'sMutt
09-07-09, 10:52 AM
I will wear the higher status mantle of the QoD with the utmost pride, I can assure you. At least until the end of the today.
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